Nurse Manager – Child and Maternal Health

Job Summary
Reporting to the Director of Nursing, the Nurse Manager – Child and Maternal Health for Al Jowhara Hospital is responsible for supervising and directing nursing practice, planning and evaluating the care of patients within assigned unit/specialty. Holds accountability for maintaining comprehensive, continuous and quality care for each patient/family at the designated unit. Promotes and restores patient’s health by developing day-to-day management and long-term planning of the patient care area; directing and developing staff; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary professional staffs; providing physical and psychological support for patients, friends, and families.

Key Outputs

Acts as a resource to subordinates, interpreting philosophy, goals, standards, policies and procedures.

Supervises and coordinates all patient care on the unit, including communication with physician.

Coordinates and instruct shift in charge and assigned nurse in providing doctors with the relevant paperwork and information on the patients they are treating.

Oversees that patients’ files are referred to billing and payment departments and that patients/family are informed.

Supervises nursing staff assigned to a particular shift and assigns patients to available nursing staff, taking into consideration the patient’s condition and the employee’s skill level.

Orders and suggests continuing education or remedial training and classes for unit staff when specific learning needs are identified.

Empowers staff nurses and support their autonomy in applying evidence based practices at bed side.

Teach staff and assure the implementation of effective admission/discharge planning in cooperation with admission staff.

Coordinates the patient care with the other members of the health care team.

Monitor and ensure that nursing documentation is following SOAP method, organized, compiled and stored as per nursing Medical Record policies and procedures.

Keeps superiors informed regarding problems or issues in patient care

Makes frequent rounds in the unit to evaluate and assure that all patients receive quality nursing and medical care.

Communicates regularly with all subordinates face to face to monitor practice and promote trust.

Assumes 24-hour responsibility of the unit.

Ensures effective communication within the unit/department between nursing staff, patient and/or significant others along with inter and intra departmental personnel.